Exhibit 99.(q)(1)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Michael E. Cahill, Philip K. Holl, Robert W. Helm and Robert E. Carlson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact as agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place, and stead, to sign any and all registration statements applicable to TCW Galileo Funds, Inc. and any amendment or supplements thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/    SAMUEL P. BELL        

February 26, 2003